Reviews

"Duruflé’s softer pieces really can be as gripping to the listener as the big crash-bang-wallop showpieces, particularly when played with the sort of effervescence and verve Fairs shows here... Precise and accurate playing with such zest and vitality and a perfectly paced accelerando ensures that the Toccata is the icing on the cake of an excellent recording... It takes a brave person to tackle these works, let alone record them. Henry Fairs has taken on the challenge and succeeded superbly... "

Max Kenworthy, Musicweb International, July 2007

"It is always difficult to decide the relative merit of a new recording added to a long list of exemplars. Paraphrasing my late father, no-one deliberately makes a bad recording of the ‘Complete Organ Works of Maurice Duruflé.’ Often decisions as to what version is ‘best’ come down to subjective opinions or even irrational preference. The present recording has, to my ear, four advantages – one the clarity of the sound is superb, secondly the playing is totally competent and convincing, thirdly the organ used is a Caviallé-Coll and lastly it is a well-presented CD at only £5.99. But the bottom line is that enthusiasts of Duruflé’s music will insist on having at least half a dozen different recordings. The present disc would make an ideal first instalment to that collection!"

John France, Musicweb International, June 2007

"Fairs is a musician of rare accomplishment"

Birmingham Post

"The series attracted some truly stunning performances.
Highlights included the Complete Organ Works of
Maurice Duruflé by Henry Fairs"

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